Tag Archive: fishing kayaks

Fishing kayaks are kayaks designed and outfitted for fishing, typically by one angler for recreational fishing. In most cases, the angler propels their kayak with a dual blade paddle (kayak paddle), and in their cases, the kayak is motorized, typically with an electric (trolling) motor powered by a battery carried on board. Most fishing kayaks are inadequate for fishing due to several reasons, including insufficient stability, poor ergonomics (lack of basic comfort), wetness, and lack of good storage space. Some bigger fishing kayak models are too wide, heavy and slow for an average angler to paddle. Such kayaks are commonly known as ‘barges’. Their large size also makes them too hard to car top, and they often require to be transported by trailer, which defies the purpose of kayak fishing. The only kayak that’s stable, comfortable and dry enough for an average person to fish from is the W kayak. It is also the only kayak offering adequate storage, as well as easy entrance into the cockpit and easy exit from it.

By Joe Stauder

We will be showing the Wavewalk 500, 700 and S4 from the 17th to the 21st at the 2018 Outdoor Sportsmans Expo at the Lycoming Mall in Pennsdale, PA, and at the Early Bird Sports Expo at the Bloomsburg Fair grounds, PA, from the 25th to the 28th.

Come visit us at our booth and see all three Wavewalk models. They will be rigged to the hilt, showing the versatility of the Wavewalk design, We will be offering SPECIAL pre season DISCOUNTS on all Wavewalks ordered at the show! PLUS we have a couple demo models to sell this year.

Best value: The basic W500 R model is priced at just $1,372 including free shipping to addresses in the contiguous US (48 states). This new type of kayak is more versatile and user friendly than sit-in and SOT kayaks are, and it doesn’t require that you waste money on costly accessories » The basic W500 weighs just 60 lbs, and the basic W700 R tandem kayak weighs just 80 lbs, and both are easy for one person to carry and car top »

By Captain Larry Jarboe

The easterly trade wind has been blowing hard for more than a week. This is Spring Break in South Florida. Many of the local tour, fishing and diving boats that take people to the reef and blue water have to turn away customers because of the 6-8′ waves that are pounding the reef line. There has been some seriously lost business and most disappointed vacationers.

In Key Largo, we have had wonderfully productive trips fishing our Wavewalk W700 tandem kayaks in the narrow creeks that flow through the dense mangrove forest here in the heart of Pennekamp Park. Because of the tight quarters and many non-combustion zones where internal combustion motors are prohibited, many of these areas rarely see a fisherman.

Issac brought Julio, Daniel, and Darren for a Good Friday afternoon trip. They caught about 30-40 lbs. of keeper fish (Mangrove Snappers, Bluestriped Grunts, and Sailors Choice). I filleted out and boxed enough fish for a panko fried fish platter with black beans and rice that they had cooked up at the Blackwater Siren Restaurant before leaving our island. And, they had a big bag of fish for a big fish fry in Miami.

April who was raised and worked in the Keys, brought her son Keith Jr. and crew Kevin and Joey on Easter Sunday. After a most slow start to the day, we found fish way up Smugglers Run (a creek named for the infamous Keys past when “Save the Bales” was the slogan of the day.). Those new kayak Ricky Rods got a real workout dragging fish from beneath the mangrove roots. April caught the most fish but everyone got their share including the pelicans who got a bucketful. We really had to travel some distance to find the calmest possible conditions but we ended an all day trip having caught over 100 fish.

Everyone who tours or fishes with me in the Wavewalk portable boats is amazed how comfortable and stable these vessels are compared to conventional kayaks. It is not too hard being the best fishing kayak guide in South Florida with the best fishing kayaks that are available, anywhere.